About The Role
Weare looking for a Children’s Care Waking Night Team Leader to join ourteam who has a passion for providing a high standard of support that enablesyoung people to learn and develop through education and positive lifeexperiences.
Therole
Youwill provide practical assistance and emotional support to empower our youngpeople to achieve their goals and aspirations, respecting everyone’sindividuality and enabling them to make appropriate choices to live the lifethey wish, in line with their individual support plans, you will need to beable to complete a range of records and documents.
Promotethe health, well-being, physical, emotional, cultural and spiritual beliefs ofthe people supported and ensure they are met in an inclusive way.
Facilitatingsocial, educational and play or recreational activities of their choice.Supporting them to maintain contact with families or significant others is akey priority.
Therole requires you to undertake all aspects of day to day household tasks suchas cleaning, cooking and shopping. Our young people also need to be supportedto manage their personal care and hygiene.
Leadthe waking night teams and manage the night hours / care of the children andhome.
Trainas medication officer, complete supervisions, appraisals and attend the hometeam meetings / training during day hours as required.
Aboutyou
Areyou enthusiastic, compassionate and committed to supporting young people intheir daily life?
Weare looking for people who share these core values and are able to apply theseto the work that you do. At the heart of the ethos are five key words, theseunderpin the PRIDE taken in the services.
‘Potential,Responsibility, Integrity, Diversity, Empathy’
ForSupport Worker positions although an understanding of the role is desirable, itis not essential as training will be provided. Ideally, you will:
- Holdor be willing to work towards a Level 3 in Residential Childcare (orequivalent)
- Haveprevious experience supporting children and young people with learningdisabilities
- Youwill need to be adaptable and flexible with excellent communication skills andable to work as part of the team
Whatwe can offer
- Refer a friend scheme we know that you will knowfantastic people who will be make a great contribution, you will receive £400each time a successful referral is made *
- Above and beyond we recognise that our staff teams doamazing things for the people we support and their teams. We awardcontributions for those who go the extra mile and for good inspection feedbackwith vouchers for high street shops and other surprises!
- Long service awards we recognize your contribution to theteam and celebrate long service
- Employee benefits app stay connected to our community,receive discounts across everyday and luxury shops, access information aboutlearning & development opportunities.
- Cycle to work you can save money and get fit with oursalary sacrifice scheme
- Pension we will auto enrol you into our salarysacrifice pension scheme
- Life cover you will be entitled to the death inservice benefit.
- Funded qualifications earn whilst you learn! we aim todevelop our own talent, giving you the opportunity to develop your career withSwanton *
- Career pathways we invest in our people and offerapprenticeships in Health and Social Care (Level 3). Earn whilst you learn hasnever been easier!
- Swanton Educates we have our own training qualificationcentre which can further support your development
- Trained mental health first aiders available tosupport you when you need someone to talk to
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) free confidentialaccess to 24hr assistance program for counselling, advice and support
- Employee Voice we hold regular events throughout theyear to listen to your feedback about working with us
- Monthly staff prize draw
*subjectto eligibility & criteria
Youwill be required to undergo relevant pre-employment checks including anenhanced DBS check.
Ourinternal vacancies are also published onto our website. Roles may be withdrawnbefore the closing date if a successful appointment has been made.
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